We decided to save some Scotties and it turns out that Missouri is the puppy mill capital of the US. There are tons of dogs of all sorts to rescue down there so, if you need one, use petfinder.com - there are thousands of all shapes, sizes, breeds, and ages including puppies.
We rented a Suzuki Grand Vitara (I was impressed, although it was underpowered, but it was good) to drive from Minneapolis to Kansas City to rescue the dogs. We took back 2, and then we convinced a friend and my Mom to each take one as well - but the trick was that we had to pick them up. So we drove all the way back from KC yesterday with 4 Scotties running around the back; it was pretty crazy, but all Scotties are now getting used to their new homes. Most of them have only lived in 4'x4' cages so they don't know what to do with the freedom. They are beautiful pure-bred Scotties! The rescue lady was on her way this morning to pick up 30 dogs that a "breeder" hadn't sold so he was going to have them put down. These are new pure bred puppies! If you want a dog, get a rescue. KC Notes -------------- * We stayed at the Hilton President Hotel in downtown KC. What a great place and great location! It's a restored turn of the 20th century building and you easily feel like it's the 20s. 4 presidents have stayed there and the last person to use the 12th floor Suite was Bon Jovi. Luckily I made friends ($20) with the Valet/Bellman and he gave us a private tour of the Ballroom, Aztec Room, and Presidential Suite. Pretty swanky! The suite has secret hallways to the Ballroom so that the VIPs can sneak away if their event no longer needs them. * The Valet was also kind enough to shuttle us around KC barbeque joints and, if you like such things, oh man. We went to Jack Stack's, but ended up eating at Arthur Bryants which is awesome! It has a diner feel and you can see the meat roasting behind the counter. If you and get a "sandwich" just get one for each person - they're frickin' huge! * It's hard to believe KC is big enough for 2 pro sports teams. * The KC hospitality from everyone was fantastic! * There's definitely a Bible Belt feel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:210824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
